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Stoli
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1st Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:10 pm | |
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Obesity contributes to global warming: study
Thu May 15, 2008 7:03pm EDT
By Michael Kahn
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday.
"We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture."
At least 400 million adults worldwide are obese. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.
In their model, the researchers pegged 40 percent of the global population as obese with a body mass index of near 30. Many nations are fast approaching or have surpassed this level, Edwards said.
BMI is a calculation of height to weight, and the normal range is usually considered to be 18 to 25, with more than 25 considered overweight and above 30 obese.
The researchers found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 calories to maintain daily activities, 18 percent more than someone with a stable BMI.
Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than rely on cars, a slimmer population would lower demand for fuel for transportation and for agriculture, Edwards said.
This is also important because 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, he added.
The next step is quantifying how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change, higher fuel prices and food shortages, he added.
"Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," Edwards and Roberts wrote.
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jellowrestling
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2nd Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:17 pm | |
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| I'm still trying to figure out how a lo-carb diet can reduce global warming, and then they dump this on us.
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Zephyr
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3rd Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:22 pm | |
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jellowrestling wrote: I'm still trying to figure out how a lo-carb diet can reduce global warming, and then they dump this on us.
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Stoli
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4th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:25 pm | |
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| You can't make this crap up!!!
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Lily1
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5th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:34 pm | |
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Zephyr
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6th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:35 pm | |
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| Let's end this thread. I'm afraid someone on the Richardson City Council will read it and then they'll vote in an ordinance to round up all the fat people and shoot 'em.
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Stoli
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7th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 03:44 pm | |
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| Left-wing nutbag in my office is pushing about 260 and all he eats is junk food...think I will tell him he is part of the problem!
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Lily1
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8th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 04:03 pm | |
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Stoli wrote: Left-wing nutbag in my office is pushing about 260 and all he eats is junk food...think I will tell him he is part of the problem!
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Ric
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9th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 04:05 pm | |
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Might be ok for that guy in your office.. but there are some folks who take the obesity issue very seriously... on this board.. .. and man.. is that article a stretch, huh?
I'm just sayin'.......
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Stoli
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10th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 04:26 pm | |
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Ric wrote: Might be ok for that guy in your office.. but there are some folks who take the obesity issue very seriously... on this board.. .. and man.. is that article a stretch, huh?
I'm just sayin'.......
I understand that....I have talked about him on the board before...he is the guy that was going to press assault charges against me over a high-five he thought was too hard.
I have nothing but absolute respect for the people on this board that are taking matters into their own hands and trying everything in their power to lose weight and improve their life.
Guy in my office is not one of those people, by any stretch of the imagination, he is one of the laziest people I have ever met in my life, only way you could get him in a room to improve his health is if he thought there was a buffet out the back door.
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crackertoes
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11th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 04:47 pm | |
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Stoli wrote: Obesity contributes to global warming: study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
I wonder if Al Gore and Michael Moore have been informed of their continuing contribution to global warming?
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Tom in East Dallas
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12th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 05:11 pm | |
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crackertoes wrote: Stoli wrote: Obesity contributes to global warming: study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
I wonder if Al Gore and Michael Moore have been informed of their continuing contribution to global warming?
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Zephyr
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13th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 05:13 pm | |
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| Not only that, both of 'em generate a LOT of hot air.
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Cliff
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14th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 05:59 pm | |
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With obese people they measure your Carbon BUTT PRINT, and Al Gore seems to have a big one these days. And if that is true then buying carbon credits to offset your butt print would be a load of "crap". I know it was bad..........
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Stoli
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15th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 06:08 pm | |
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Tom in East Dallas wrote: crackertoes wrote: Stoli wrote: Obesity contributes to global warming: study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
I wonder if Al Gore and Michael Moore have been informed of their continuing contribution to global warming?
+1
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jellowrestling
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16th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 06:11 pm | |
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Stoli wrote: Tom in East Dallas wrote: crackertoes wrote: Stoli wrote: Obesity contributes to global warming: study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
I wonder if Al Gore and Michael Moore have been informed of their continuing contribution to global warming?
+1
+2 And I like the "Carbon Buttprint" concept...
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chronos
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17th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 06:53 pm | |
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untrue
obese people dont live as long as very fit people...since very fit people live a much longer time than obese people they hurt the planet far more..the very act of excersizing makes the body exhale vast amounts of Co2 into the atmosphere...thus killing the planet like millions of tiny volcanos running about in funny looking shorts and nike's.
vegitarians are even worse..think about all the Co2 eating plants they consume without a care for the planet!!!!111
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Stoli
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18th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 06:54 pm | |
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chronos wrote: untrue
obese people dont live as long as very fit people...since very fit people live a much longer time than obese people they hurt the planet far more..the very act of excersizing makes the body exhale vast amounts of Co2 into the atmosphere...thus killing the planet like millions of tiny volcanos running about in funny looking shorts and nike's.
vegitarians are even worse..think about all the Co2 eating plants they consume without a care for the planet!!!!111
that is a great argument!
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19th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 07:01 pm | |
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We, in the green movement, aspire to a cultural model in which killing a forest will be considered more contemptible and more criminal than the sale of 6-year-old children to Asian brothels. ~Carl Amery
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Stoli
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20th Post Fri May 16th, 2008 07:03 pm | |
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chronos wrote: We, in the green movement, aspire to a cultural model in which killing a forest will be considered more contemptible and more criminal than the sale of 6-year-old children to Asian brothels. ~Carl Amery
whack-job!!!!
Unless he lives in a mud-hut he is a complete hypocrite!
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